Descendants of Johann Stolte (b. abt. 1630, Hannover, Germany (Prussia)) In this record, persons are numbered consecutively. If they married and are known to have children, there is a plus sign (+) in front of their name, which indicates that additional information about them can be found in the next generation. I am solely responsible for all errors in this record. Corrections and additions are appreciated. Stephen W. Johnson 222 Parkman Ave. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 [email protected] September 13, 2013 Descendants of Johann STOLTE 13 September 2013 First Generation 1. Johann STOLTE was born (date unknown). [NOTE: VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THE STOLTE FAMILY WAS PAINSTAKINGLY RESEARCHED AND GRACIOUSLY MADE AVAILABLE BY MARY JEAN STOLTE JAWORSKI.] The Stolte Family lived in Ehlen, Germany (just west of Hannover) until 1829. They then moved to the nearby town of Wendthagen, before immigrating to America. Johann STOLTE and Anneke GRUNMER were married on July 4, 1650 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). Anneke GRUNMER was born (date unknown). Johann STOLTE and Anneke GRUNMER had the following children: +2 i. Johann STOLTE, born 1653, Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia); married Anna Catherine (Sophie) Lisabeth BOCK, November 6, 1690, Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). 3 ii. Engel STOLTE was born on September 9, 1660 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). 4 iii. Heinrich STOLTE was born on June 11, 1663 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). He died on June 15, 1663 at the age of 0 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). +5 iv. Liesebeth STOLTE, born May 19, 1665, Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia); married Lulff PICHT, October 29, 1688. Second Generation 2. Johann STOLTE was born in 1653 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). He was baptized on December 18, 1653 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). He was buried on June 15, 1714. Johann STOLTE and Anna Catherine (Sophie) Lisabeth BOCK were married on November 6, 1690 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). Anna Catherine (Sophie) Lisabeth BOCK was born in 1655. She was buried on January 2, 1729. Johann STOLTE and Anna Catherine (Sophie) Lisabeth BOCK had the following children: +6 i. Johann Henrich STOLTE, born 1704, Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany); married Anna Maria Dorothea KNAKE, September 21, 1730, Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). 7 ii. Cord Heinrich STOLTE was born on August 16, 1691 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). He died on June 14, 1716 at the age of 24. 8 iii. Heinrich STOLTE was born on April 10, 1694 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). He died on May 7, 1694 at the age of 0 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). 9 iv. Ilsabe STOLTE was born on January 20, 1697 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). 10 v. Johann Toennis STOLTE was born on March 3, 1699 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). 2 Descendants of Johann STOLTE 13 September 2013 5. Liesebeth STOLTE was born on May 19, 1665 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). Liesebeth STOLTE and Lulff PICHT were married on October 29, 1688. Lulff PICHT was born (date unknown). Third Generation 6. Johann Henrich STOLTE was born in 1704 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). He was baptized on July 6, 1704 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). He was buried on February 20, 1757. Johann Henrich STOLTE and Anna Maria Dorothea KNAKE were married on September 21, 1730 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). Anna Maria Dorothea KNAKE was born in 1710 in Volksdorf, Schaumberg-Lippe, Germany (Prussia). She was baptized on July 4, 1710 in Meerbeck, Schaumberg-Lippe, Germany (Prussia). She was buried on April 26, 1763. Anna died in 1763 at the age of 53. Johann Henrich STOLTE and Anna Maria Dorothea KNAKE had the following children: +11 i. Johann Herman STOLTE, born 1733, Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany); married Dorothea Hedewig SCHMOYE, July 24, 1760, Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). +12 ii. Elisabeth Margarete STOLTE, born September 8, 1734, Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany); married Johann Anton MOELLER, November 11, 1756; died April 22, 1807. 13 iii. Anna Engel Marie STOLTE was born on July 19, 1742 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). 14 iv. Friedrich Christian STOLTE was born on April 4, 1745 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). 15 v. Anton Henrich STOLTE was born on March 17, 1747 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). 16 vi. Ernst Wilhelm STOLTE was born on April 15, 1749 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). 17 vii. Johann Toennis STOLTE was born on June 11, 1754 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). Fourth Generation 11. Johann Herman STOLTE was baptized on March 18, 1733 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). He was born in 1733 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). He was buried on January 1, 1786. Johann was the owner of the house at No. 2 Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia. Johann Herman STOLTE and Dorothea Hedewig SCHMOYE were married on July 24, 1760 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). Dorothea Hedewig SCHMOYE was baptized on July 25, 1742. She was born in Kirchhorsten, Schaumberg-Lippe, Germany (Prussia). 3 Descendants of Johann STOLTE 13 September 2013 Johann Herman STOLTE and Dorothea Hedewig SCHMOYE had the following child: +18 i. Johann Friedrich STOLTE, born Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany); married Anne Marie Eleanor PICHT, July 26, 1804, Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia); died September 12, 1829. 12. Elisabeth Margarete STOLTE was born on September 8, 1734 in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). She died on April 22, 1807 at the age of 72. Elisabeth Margarete STOLTE and Johann Anton MOELLER were married on November 11, 1756. Johann Anton MOELLER was born (date unknown). Fifth Generation 18. Johann Friedrich STOLTE was baptized on January 14, 1781 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). He died on September 12, 1829. He was born in Ehlen, Schaumberg-Lippe, Prussia (Germany). Anne Sophie Dorothea SCHÖTTELNDREYER, daughter of Johann Heinrich SCHÖTTELNDREYER, was baptized on October 12, 1777 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). Anne Sophie Dorothea apparently never married Johann Friedrich Stolte. Son Johann Heinrich was apparently born to Anne Sophie and Johann Friedrich out of wedlock. Anne's surname is also spelled "Schotteledreyer". The following is an entry from the Suelbeck No. 3 church register of baptized children in 1801: "An illegitimate son of the unmarried mother Sophie Dorothea Schottelndreyer of Wendthagen, born the 11th of January 1801 and baptized 17th January. The child is named Johann Heinrich. The supposed father is Johann Friedrich Stolte, No. 2 in Ehlen and the godfather is Johann Heinrich Schottelndreyer of No. 32 in Wendthagen. He is also the child's grandfather." Johann Friedrich STOLTE and Anne Sophie Dorothea SCHÖTTELNDREYER had the following child: +19 i. Johann Heinrich ("Friedrich") STOLTE, born January 11, 1801, Wendthagen, Shaumberg-Lippe, Germany; married Dorothea Maria WULF, December 12, 1824, Sulbeck No. 3, Germany; died December 17, 1843, Wendthagen, Germany. Johann Friedrich STOLTE and Anne Marie Eleanor PICHT were married on July 26, 1804 in Suelbeck, Hannover, Germany (Prussia). Anne Marie Eleanor PICHT was born (date unknown). Johann Friedrich and Anne Marie Eleanor had five sons and six daughters. Johann Friedrich STOLTE and Anne Marie Eleanor PICHT had the following children: +20 i. Caroline STOLTE, married Heinrich Christian Ludig DIEKMANN, August 10, 1848, 4 Descendants of Johann STOLTE 13 September 2013 Wendthagen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany. 21 ii. Ernst Heinrich STOLTE was born on September 10, 1812. Sixth Generation 19. Johann Heinrich ("Friedrich") STOLTE was born on January 11, 1801 in Wendthagen, Shaumberg-Lippe, Germany. He was baptized on January 17, 1801 in Sulbeck No. 3, Germany. He died on December 17, 1843 at the age of 42 in Wendthagen, Germany. According to the Suelbeck, Schaumberg-Lippe church marriage register, Johann Heinrich Stolte, a bachelor and shoemaker, of No. 31, Wendthagen, the illegitimate son of Johann Frederich Stolte, No. 2, Ehlen, and Anne Sophie Dorothea Scholtteledreyer of Wendthangen, and 23 years old; and Marie Dorothea Wulf, daughter of Johann Heinrich Christian Wolf of Probsthagen and Engel Marie Glade, of Orhndorf No. 28, now citizens of Stadthagen, 23 years, 1 month old. Banns read 21st and 28th of November and 5th of December. Married December 12, 1824. Shaumberg-Lippe was a former principality founded in 1613 and is now part of Lower Saxony. It undoubtedly included the towns of Probsthagen and Stadthagen (where Frederich's wife, Dorothea, was born and baptized) due to their proximity. Johann was a shoemaker. Johann Heinrich ("Friedrich") STOLTE and Dorothea Maria WULF were married on December 12, 1824 in Sulbeck No. 3, Germany. Dorothea Maria WULF, daughter of Johann Heinrich Christian WULFF and Engel Marie GLADE, was born on July 25, 1801 in Probsthagen, Germany. She was baptized on July 26, 1801 in Stadthagen, Germany. She died on June 9, 1886 at the age of 84 in Southside, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Dorothea was buried on June 11, 1886 in St. Paul's Cem., Mt. Oliver, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Penn.. Dorothea's surname is also spelled "Wulff" and "Wolf(e)". Dorothea came to the United States 1856, departing Bremen on the bark "Suwa" on September 12, 1856 and arriving in Baltimore, Maryland on November 19, 1856. She is listed on the ship manifest as "Ernestine" (age 54). Also on the ship are: Adolph (age 13), August (age 16), Caroline (age 19) and Wilhelm (age 24). Mrs. Jaworski's review of the passenger list shows that a Fritz (age 21) was also on the ship. According to a letter dated February 16, 1988, from Niedersaechsisches Staatsarchiv in Bueckeburg to Mary Jean Stolte Jaworski, at the time of her departure, Dorothea was a widow, peasant woman living at Wendthagen, No. 55, near Stadthagen in Schaumberg-Lippe. She traveled with three sons: Friedrich Wilhelm (age 21), a second son (age 15) and a third son (age 12), and two daughers.